Email “Spamming” and Email “Spoofing”

Posted on 20. Dec, 2006 by admin.

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Within these days of massive communication via e-mail, it comes to be quite important for anyone to be familiar with the following two terms: email “spamming” and email “spoofing”. Email spamming refers to sending email to thousands and thousands of users – similar to a chain letter. Spamming is often done deliberately to use network [...]

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Phishing: General Information

Posted on 12. Nov, 2006 by admin.

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In computing, phishing is a criminal activity using social engineering techniques. Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

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